emarchak
1. A common unit of measurement in typography.
It is more properly defined as simply the current point size.
2. Current points in the life of Erin Marchak
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Showing posts tagged feminism
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I had no idea that there was a School House Rock for women’s suffrage. Too bad they never played it with the other ones. (Thanks TeacherTube!)
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Directors Guild of America names Kathryn Bigelow best director for "The Hurt Locker"
(via makingofmovies)
I can’t even express how happy I am for her. As opposed to “Girl Power!” I think I’ll shout “Down with the oppressive patriarchy of the normative male director! Up with the female gaze in mainstream cinema! To arms, my sisters! To arms!”
And after I shout that, my inner feminist will rest contented. At least until the Oscars.
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”You have to question a cinematic culture which preaches artistic expression, and yet would support a decision that is clearly a product of a patriarchy-dominant society, which tries to control how women are depicted on screen. The MPAA is okay supporting scenes that portray women in scenarios of sexual torture and violence for entertainment purposes, but they are trying to force us to look away from a scene that shows a woman in a sexual scenario, which is both complicit and complex. It’s misogynistic in nature to try and control a woman’s sexual presentation of self. I consider this an issue that is bigger than this film. … There is something very distorted about this reality that they’ve created, which is that it is OK to torture women on screen. Any kind of violence towards women in a sexual scenario is fine. But give a woman pleasure? No way. Not a chance. That’s pornography.
Ryan Gosling in a letter protesting the NC-17 rating of Blue Valentine. The rating was based on one consensual sex scene. (via marxisforbros: fatmanatee: tylercoates)
(Source: snowstorminjuly)
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Amadi Talks: Siri Failures, Illustrated
People have suggested that this about a lack of female programmers. I don’t think it is. One doesn’t have to be female to know that if you’re going to provide your customers with the benefit of the doubt that they’re adults and will give information on where to buy condoms, beer, the names of local escort companies and “tongue in cheek” locations for hiding a dead body, you should provide information about health clinics, especially when customers know their full names and basic locations. I don’t think you need females on your programming staff to know that a person can go to an ob/gyn for birth control, not just a “birth control clinic.” I don’t think that it’s necessary to be female to know that rape is a violent crime and that a rape victim will need a hospital and/or the police before they need a “treatment center.” This isn’t just about gender. This is about something more esoteric and far far less simple to explain.
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The “New Woman” and her Bicycle.
A terribly failed attempt at a degrading satirical cartoon, because (let’s face it) these ladies look fabulous.
(Found through Hark! A Vagrant)
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crying
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My notes from Terry Gilliam’s 10 lessons
3. Auteurism is out. Fil-teurism is in.
Being an...
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yummy color palette… not a fan of the strange things hanging from the ceiling, but all the other...
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Above: The partial set from Citizen Kane consists of a foreground doorway and the butler (Paul...
